Republicans condemned what they called inappropriate criticism and questioning about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic identity as her confirmation hearing opened on Monday. Democrats did not bring up her faith in Monday's hearing.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks Monday during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks Monday during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.Republicans condemned what they called inappropriate criticism and questioning about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic identity as her confirmation hearing opened on Monday. Democrats did not bring up her faith in Monday's hearing.
Sens. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., echoed those comments with statements of their own — though in Kennedy's telling, the nominee herself had been the one so maligned. Hawley invoked a past comment by a top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, about how"" within Barrett — Hawley charged on Monday that Feinstein's use of the term"dogma" was a smear intended to discredit Barrett because of her beliefs.
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